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MEI To Host Technology Panel At OneShow

MEI will host its second annual technology panel during the NAMA OneShow, in Las Vegas, Nev. This year, MEI has gathered five operators to share the ways they've taken back their margins through the successful deployment of new and existing...

News • April 11th, 2013

Featured In Automatic Merchandiser: Fox Vending, Inc.’s Jim Milton Wins Route Driver of the Year

Sponsored by Mondelez International and Automatic Merchandiser magazine, this annual award recognizes the vending industry’s finest route drivers. Read article.

News • April 10th, 2013

NAMA Responds To USDA National School Vending Restrictions

NAMA submitted comments to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program and Nutritional Standards for All Foods Sold in School as required by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of...

News • April 10th, 2013

Apriva Introduces AprivaPay Plus

Apriva recently announced the availability of its highly anticipated AprivaPay Plus application. Compatible with iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, AprivaPay Plus enables merchants to accept and record payments through mobile devices in...

News • April 10th, 2013

Oregon Newspaper OpEd Blasts Healthy Vending Bill

In an Oregonian news opinion piece, the Oregonian Editorial Board takes on the topic of banning traditional vending food in public machines. The editorial suggests state lawmakers should allow adults to make choices and practice self-restraint rather...

News • April 10th, 2013

Online Exclusive: 3 Strategies To Lower The Healthcare Costs Of Your Vending Operation

Jeff Rosset, director of marketing and strategic partnerships for MidwestHR, shares his knowledge of how vending operators can offer high quality healthcare while still maintaining or lowering costs. Read article.

News • April 10th, 2013

Cantaloupe To Present Operator Panel At NAMA OneShow

Cantaloupe Systems announces a vending operator panel at the NAMA OneShow in Las Vegas, Nev. April 25. Guest speakers will include George Grabowski from Gulp-It! in Houston, Texas; Lance Whorton from Imperial Companies in Tulsa, Okla. and Scott...

News • April 10th, 2013

AAMC Legislative Day Built Vending, Lawmaker Relationships

Arizona Automatic Merchandising Council (AAMC) recently hosted their annual “Day at the Capitol” April 2 at the State Capitol in Phoenix, Ariz. Eric Dell, NAMA senior vice president of government affairs and Sandy Larson, NAMA senior director and...

News • April 10th, 2013

Study: Mobile Wallet Transactions Will Increase 30.7 Percent By 2018, Mobile Vending Payments Expected To Gain Support

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research, "Mobile Wallet Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," the global mobile wallet market is expected to reach $1,602.4 billion by 2018...

News • April 10th, 2013

Exclusive Podcast: Pete Tullio Honored To Receive Association Award, Optimistic For Vending's Future

Pete Tullio, the CFO of World Wide Vending and Gourmet Coffee Services in Van Nuys, Calif., as well as NAMA’s incoming chairman tells Automatic Merchandiser and VendingMarketWatch’s Editor, Emily Refermat, about what an honor it is to...

News • April 9th, 2013

Featured In April's Automatic Merchandiser: Why Customer Surveys Are A Must

Vicky Hudson, CEO/Founder of Hudson Management Services in St. Louis, Mo., shares how in a highly competitive market, like vending, surveying customers is necessary to provide the best quality service. Read article.

News • April 9th, 2013

Iowa City Council Votes For Healthier Vending Options

In a vote of 6 to 1, the Waterloo City Council in Waterloo, Iowa, approved policies requiring vending operators to provide healthier snack choices at city-sponsored youth sporting events and in vending machines in public venues, according to the WCF...

News • April 9th, 2013

NAMA Announces Jeff Deitchler Of PrairieFire Coffee Roasters Coffee Service Operator Of The Year

Jeff Deitchler, general manager of PrairieFire Coffee Roasters in Wichita, Kan., has been named NAMA’s Coffee Service Operator of the Year. The award will be presented to Deitchler April 25 during the OneShow, the nation’s largest vending and...

News • April 9th, 2013

Caribou Coffee Closes 80 Locations Nationwide

Caribou Coffee is closing 80 of its locations and will convert 88 others to Peet’s Coffee & Tea, according to CNN. As a result of the closings, the Minneapolis, Minn.-based coffee shop will be nearly nonexistent in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania...

News • April 9th, 2013

Iowa University Bans Bottled Water

Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, is banning the sale of single-serve bottled water, according to the Des Moines Register. Instead, students are being given a free, reusable water bottle to be refilled in hydration stations around campus. Full...

News • April 9th, 2013

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